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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
